When I started up windows, the little white dotted circle in the black screen stopped spinning for a good minute, then had to reboot again, and I got a dump file. I read it, and had an issue with ntoskrnl.exe. I looked it up, and read that most of the time, it means bad RAM. I did the windows memory diagnostic, and got no problems detected. So, whats the issue?
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Please uninstall everything of AMD using Display Driver Uninstaller and install new drivers from AMD. Be sure to install as less as possible software using custom/advanced options, you can use this tutorial for the installation partAMD Graphics Drivers - Install Without Catalyst Install Manager - Windows 7 Help Forums
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Code:6: kd> lmvm atikmdag Browse full module list start end module name fffff801`28080000 fffff801`297dc000 atikmdag T (no symbols) Loaded symbol image file: atikmdag.sys Image path: atikmdag.sys Image name: atikmdag.sys Browse all global symbols functions data Timestamp: Wed Feb 10 04:25:15 2016 (56BAAD9B) CheckSum: 016E3C29 ImageSize: 0175C000 Translations: 0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
Last time I had a BSOD, the issue was related to atikmdag.sys, for which I had used DDU, and this was roughly 2 weeks ago. Only difference is that I reinstalled the drivers with the catalyst package. Now I followed the link you provided, and only installed the correct drivers (and set auto driver installation to No). Only time will tell if my problem has actually been fixed this time. So for now, thanks :)
Also, I noticed that the last 2 times it crashed, it happened after I cleaned my registry (not right away, after shutting down and booting up again). Is this a coincidence or can it be related to the issue?
Would you recommend me trying the Windows Driver Verifier? It looks like it can tell me if the driver is good right away instead of waiting for a BSOD (cause I dont get them often), but I also read it can be dangerous.
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